11375502

Resource Indication Method and Device, Storage Medium, and Processor

PublishedJune 28, 2022
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1. A resource indication method, comprising: configuring a reference resource for preemption transmission, dividing a time domain region of the reference resource into M time domain portions, and dividing a frequency domain region of the reference source into N frequency domain portions; and indicating a preempted resource in the M time domain portions and/or N frequency domain portions through indication information, wherein M≥1, and N≥1; wherein a number of downlink symbols comprised in the time domain region of the reference resource is less than 14.

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2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time domain region of the reference resource is one slot and excluding uplink symbols.

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3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising: dividing the reference resource by adopting at least one time domain granularity and at least one frequency domain granularity to obtain Y resource sub-blocks, wherein resources comprised in each of the divided resource sub-blocks do not have a same size, wherein Y is a positive integer.

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4. The method of claim 3 , wherein Y=14.

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5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising: dividing the reference resource by using one time domain granularity and one frequency domain granularity to obtain less than or equal to Y resource sub-blocks, wherein the divided resource sub-blocks have a same size, and the one time domain granularity and the one frequency domain granularity are fixed values or indicated through signaling, wherein Y is a positive integer.

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6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the dividing the reference resource by using the one time domain granularity and the one frequency domain granularity comprises at least one of: dividing the reference resource by selecting different candidate granularity sets according to whether a number of symbols comprised in the reference resource is an even number or an odd number; dividing the reference resource by selecting different candidate granularity sets according to whether the number of symbols comprised in the reference resource is greater than 7; dividing the reference resource by selecting different candidate granularity sets according to whether the number of symbols comprised in the reference resource is an even number or an odd number and whether the number of symbols comprised in the reference resource is greater than 7; or dividing fourteen symbols of the reference resource comprising uplink symbols, and in condition that resources in a divided resource sub-block are completely uplink resources, indicating that bits of the resource sub-block are not used or reserved.

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7. The method of claim 6 , wherein each of the candidate granularit ysets comprises at least one of: {1 OS, 1 BW}, {2OS, ½ BW}, or {1 OS, ½ BW}; wherein OS denotes an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol, and BW denotes an activation bandwidth part (BWP).

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8. The method of claim 2 , wherein different candidate granularities are determined to be used to divide the reference resource to obtain resource sub-blocks according to whether the number x of symbols comprised in the reference resource is greater than P, wherein P is a positive integer and a 1/P bandwidth is a division granularity in a frequency domain.

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9. The method of claim 8 , wherein in condition that 0<x≤7, dividing the x symbols by using a granularity {1 OS, ½ BW} with 1 symbol in a time domain and ½ BWP in a frequency domain to obtain less than or equal to Y resource sub-blocks, wherein resources comprised in each of the divided resource sub-blocks have a same size; and in condition that 7<x≤14, diving (14−x) symbols by using a granularity {1 OS, ½ BW}, and diving (2x−14) symbols by using a granularity {1 OS, 1 BW} with 1 symbol in the time domain and one BWP in the frequency domain to obtain Y resource sub-blocks, wherein resources in each of the divided resource sub-blocks do not have a same size, wherein Y is a positive integer.

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10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time domain region of the reference resource is at least one of: two slots and comprising uplink symbols; or two slots and not comprising uplink symbols.

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11. The method of claim 10 , wherein a division manner of the reference resource comprises at least one of: in condition that the uplink symbols are not comprised in the slots and divided resource sub-blocks are allowed to cross a slot boundary, dividing the reference resource by configuring {M, N}={14, 1} or {7, 2} to obtain 14 resource sub-blocks, wherein division granularities corresponding to {M, N}={14, 1} and {M, N}={7, 2} are {2 OS, 1 BW} and {4 OS, ½ BW} respectively; wherein {2 OS, 1 BW} is a granularity with two symbols in the time domain and one BWP in the frequency domain, and {4 OS, ½ BW} is a granularity with four symbols in the time domain and ½ BWP in the frequency domain; in condition that the uplink symbols are not comprised in the slots and the divided resource sub-blocks are not allowed to cross the slot boundary, dividing the reference resource with a granularity {2 OS, 1 BW} by configuring {M, N}={14, 1} to obtain 14 resource sub-blocks; or in condition that the uplink symbols are not comprised in the slots and the divided resource sub-blocks are not allowed to cross the slot boundary, dividing the reference resource by configuring {M, N}={14, 1} and {7, 2} to obtain 14 resource sub-blocks, wherein different numbers of resource sub-blocks in two slots are divided through {M, N}={7, 2} respectively.

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12. The method of claim 10 , wherein a division manner of the reference resource comprises at least one of: in condition that the uplink symbols are comprised in the slots and the two slots have a same format, dividing the reference resource into Y resource sub-blocks, wherein 7 resource sub-blocks are comprised in each of the two slots; in condition that the uplink symbols are comprised in the slots and the two slots have a same format, dividing the reference resource into Y resource sub-blocks, wherein a number of resource sub-blocks comprised in each of the two slots is different, the difference between two of numbers of the resource sub-blocks is not greater than 2; in condition that the uplink symbols are comprised in the slots and the two slots have a same format, dividing, by the two slots, the reference resource according to division granularities {1 OS, 1 BW} and/or {2 OS, 1 BW} to obtain less than or equal to Y resource sub-blocks; or in condition that the uplink symbols are comprised in the slots and the two slots have a same format, dividing the reference resource comprising 28 symbols of the two slots comprising uplink symbols to obtain Y resource sub-blocks, and when resources in a resource sub-block are completely uplink resources, indicating that bits of the resource sub-block are not used or reserved.

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13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the division manner of the reference resource comprises at least one of: in condition that the uplink symbols are comprised in the slots and formats of the two slots are different, allocating numbers of resource sub-blocks comprised in the two slots according to a ratio of N1 to N2 by using at least one time-frequency domain division granularity in one reference resource to obtain Y resource sub-blocks; in condition that the uplink symbols are comprised in the slots and formats of the two slots are different, when one reference resource is divided into resource sub-blocks, allocating numbers of resource sub-blocks in respective slots according to a ratio of N1 to N2 by using only one time-frequency domain granularity to obtain less than or equal to Y resource sub-blocks; or in condition that the uplink symbols are comprised in the slots and the two slots have a same format, dividing 28 symbols of the two slots comprising uplink symbols into Y resource sub-blocks, and in condition that resources in a resource sub-block are completely uplink resources, indicating that bits of the resource sub-block are not used or reserved; wherein the reference resource has N1 and N2 symbols in the two slots respectively, wherein Y is a positive integer.

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14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time domain region of the reference resource is at least one of: more than two slots and comprising uplink symbols; or more than two slots and not comprising uplink symbols.

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15. The method of claim 14 , wherein a division manner of the reference resource comprises at least one of: dividing the reference resource into less than or equal to Y resource sub-blocks, wherein Y is a positive integer.

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16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising at least one of: in condition that a number of resource sub-blocks is less than 14, indicating that bits of remaining resource sub-blocks are not used or reserved; in condition that the number of resource sub-blocks is less than or equal to 14, when resources in a resource sub-block are completely uplink resources, indicating that bits of the resource sub-block are not used or reserved.

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17. A resource indication method, comprising: flushing a buffer after a user equipment (UE) receives indication information; wherein the flushing the buffer comprises at least one of: in response to receiving indication information and designated information, flushing the buffer according to a resource indicated by the indication information; in response to receiving indication information and designated information, flushing the buffer according to an indication of the designated information; in response to receiving indication information and designated information are received, in condition that the designated information indicates not to flush the buffer, flushing the buffer according to a resource indicated by indication information PI; and when the designated information indicates to flush the buffer, flushing the buffer according to an indication of the designated information; or in response to receiving indication information and designated information, in condition that the designated information indicates not to flush the buffer, not flushing the buffer; and in condition that the designated information indicates to flush the buffer, flushing the buffer according to a resource indicated by the indication information, wherein the designated information is used for indicating whether to flush the buffer on resources corresponding to all code block groups (CBGs), and the indication information is used for indicating a preempted resource in M time domain portions and/or N frequency domain portions, wherein the M time domain portions are obtained by dividing a reference resource into M portions in a time domain, and the N frequency domain portions are obtained by dividing the reference resource into N portions in a frequency domain.

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18. A resource indication device, comprising: a processor; and a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to: configure a reference resource for preemption transmission, divide a time domain region of the reference resource into M time domain portions, and divide a frequency domain region of the reference source into N frequency domain portions; and indicate a preempted resource in the M time domain portions and/or N frequency domain portions through indication information, wherein M≥1, and N≥1, and wherein a number of downlink symbols comprised in the time domain region of the reference resource is less than 14.

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19. A non-transitory storage medium, comprising stored programs which, when executed, perform the method of claim 1 .

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20. A processor, which is configured to execute programs which, when executed, perform the method of claim 1 .

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June 28, 2022

Inventors

Jing SHI
Shuqiang XIA
Xianghui HAN
Min REN
Wei LIN

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